Study comes ahead of FDA regulations

4:13 AM,
Sep. 6, 2013

R.J. Reynolds said its VUSE-brand electronic cigarettes are targeted only at adults.

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Wendy Koch
| USA Today

Now chic among celebrities, electronic cigarettes are gaining favor among teenagers as new data show a recent doubling in usage.

Last year, 10 percent of high school students said they tried e-cigarettes, up from 4.7 percent in 2011, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A doubling also occurred among middle school students saying they've experimented with e-cigarettes - from 1.4 percent to 2.7 percent - and similar spikes in teen usage were found in the 2013 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey.